More strictly protected areas are not necessarily more protective: Evidence from Bolivia, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Thailand

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Ferraro, Paul J ^a   Hanauer, Merlin M ^b   Miteva, Daniela A ^c   Canavire Bacarreza, Gustavo Javier ^d   Pattanayak, Subhrendu K ^c   Sims, Katharine R E ^e  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

^e AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

counterfactual; impact evaluation; integrated management; reserves; sustainable use; treatment effects

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

COUNTERFACTUAL; IMPACT EVALUATION; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; RESERVES; SUSTAINABLE USE; TREATMENT EFFECTS;

CONSERVATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PROTECTED AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84880914633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/025011     Document Type: Article

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